"Watching "Avatar," I felt sort of the same as when I saw "Star Wars" in 1977. That was another movie I walked into with uncertain expectations. James Cameron's film has been the subject of relentlessly dubious advance buzz, just as his "Titanic" was. Once again, he has silenced the doubters by simply delivering an extraordinary film. There is still at least one man in Hollywood who knows how to spend $250 million, or was it $300 million, wisely." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

I have heard glowing reviews of this by several reputable reviewers. Not sure I've ever read such a stunningly glowing review from Ebert before. I wasn't that interested in it at first, oddly, but now I'm looking more and more forward to seeing it. - rowlikeagirl

Comparing it to Star wars is high praise indeed. - Roberto Bonini